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William Daniel Chantler Grover, son of Daniel Chantler Grover and Charlotte Grover [Winton]
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9th November 1870
Born
At Claremont House, London Road in the Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent; registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent; ref: 1870 Q4 Vol 2a Page 504
Christine Bianco's records
TITLE
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At Claremont House, London Road in the Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent; William Grover, M, Son, age 10, born Sevenoaks, Kent; occupation: scholar
1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent
 
c August 1896
Married
Mary Ann Waller at St. George in the Parish of Hanover Square, London
Christine Bianco's records
 
c November 1906
Birth of a son
William Chantler at St. George in the Parish of Hanover Square, London
 
 
Jan to Mar 1920
Married
Alice Vera McAllister at St. George in the Parish of Hanover Square, London
Christine Bianco's records
 
20th October 1921
Birth of a son
Alexander Winton (Alec), in London
Christine Bianco's records
 
c 1951
Died
Christine Bianco's records


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Additional Notes
Births Dec 1870 Grover William Daniel Sevenoaks 2a 504

listed as William D Grener in 1871 census

Was in Greatness College with Lord Sackville, where they became friends. The used to play billiards at Knole House and gamble for pieces of furniture that William fancied. This grand furniture populated their house in Romford when they were at their poorest, but it was left there when the family moved to London during WWII and was repossessed went rent on the house was not kept up.

Butcher’s assistant in 1891

The Times, Saturday, Oct 05, 1895; pg. 11; Issue 34700; col F
Partnerships Dissolved: 'W. C. Grover and C. J. A. Clark, butchers, the Terrace, Merton-road, Southfields, Wandsworth, and Lillington-street, Pimlico, S. W., under the style of Grover and Clark.'

Nana says he used to buy the meat himself at Smithfield.

C. 1920 he borrowed money from William Holmyard, a furniture dealer and bookmaker, to set up a betting business in Twickenham. After that, he seems to have continually lost money betting, particularly on football (soccer). It is not clear if the bets were through the business or with Holmyard. On Jan. 18, 1925 he mortaged his house on Hampton Rd, Twickenham to Holmyard for £450. He also had to sell his house in Brighton for £580 to pay off gambling debts. In April 1926, he lost a court case against Holmyard in which he tried to avoid turning over the mortgaged house by arguing that the mortgage was for the purpose of securing betting debts owed to Holmyard and therefore was for an illegal consideration and should be void. Holmyard stated that the mortaged was to secure the money he loaned Grover to set up a betting business and not to pay off betting debts to himself, a story which was corroborated by his solicitor and housekeeper. Holmyard had more evidence to support his case, so Grover had to give up the house. It is not clear who was actually in the wrong.

Nana says that she remembers him always gambling.

He was disowned by his family and considered the black sheep, but he paid back every penny he owed.

Nana says the family was Baptist, and they attended St. Nicholas Church in Sevenoaks, where he was a choir boy. However St. Nicholas is the Church of England parish church for Sevenoaks (not Baptist).
Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Grover family records
The ancestral pedigree of William Daniel Chantler Grover
  
 William Groverm: 16th Jul 1657 Preston, SussexLydia Preston 
 b: c 1635  b: c 1635 
  
  
 John Robert
 b: 1663 New Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 13th Dec 1663 St. Mary's Church
d: Nov 1736 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 25th Nov 1736 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1675 New Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 3rd Jun 1675 St. Mary's Church
    
Great-
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
1st marriageJohn Groverm: 5th Feb 1694/95 St. Bottolphs Church, Bottolphs, SussexElizabeth Graves 
 b: 1663 New Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 13th Dec 1663 St. Mary's Church
d: Nov 1736 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 25th Nov 1736 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
  b: c 1670
d: Feb 1711 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 10th Feb 1711 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
 
  
     
 Edward Elizabeth Ann John John
 b: c Dec 1695 Old Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 10th Dec 1695 St. Nicholas' Church
d: Aug 1766 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 21st Aug 1766 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1697/98 Old Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 12th Mar 1697/98 St. Nicholas' Church
d: Feb 1710/11 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 10th Feb 1710/11 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1700 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 10th Dec 1700 St. Mary the Virgin
 b: 1703 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 29th Mar 1703 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Oct 1704 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 16th Oct 1704 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1705/06 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 1st Mar 1705/06 St. Mary the Virgin
        
Great-Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Edward Groverm: 9th Jun 1723 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, SussexFrances Pelling 
 b: c Dec 1695 Old Shoreham, Sussex
ch: 10th Dec 1695 St. Nicholas' Church
d: Aug 1766 Sompting, Sussex
bur: 21st Aug 1766 St. Mary the Virgin, Sompting, Sussex
  b: 1701 West Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 26th Oct 1701
d: Nov 1736 Sompting, Sussex
 
  
        
Edward Henry Henry Harry John George Frances William
b: 1724 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 6th Nov 1724 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Jan 1775 Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1726 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 9th Jul 1726 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Before 1728
 b: 1728 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 9th Aug 1728 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Jan 1729 Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1730 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 23rd Dec 1730 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Feb 1732 Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1732 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 25th Dec 1732 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Feb 1775 Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1734 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 17th Sep 1734 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Jul 1782 Sompting, Sussex
 b: 1734 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 17th Sep 1734 St. Mary the Virgin
 b: 1736 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 15th Nov 1736 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Mar 1821 Fletching, Sussex
bur: 27th Mar 1821 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
           
Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
1st marriageWilliam Groverm: 29th Sep 1757 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, SussexAnn Rowland 
 b: 1736 Sompting, Sussex
ch: 15th Nov 1736 St. Mary the Virgin
d: Mar 1821 Fletching, Sussex
bur: 27th Mar 1821 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  b: 1740
d: 12th Jun 1772 Fletching, Sussex
bur: 15th Jun 1772 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
 
  
         
William  John James Richard Thomas Stephen Ann Samuel
b: 1759 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 11th Jun 1759 St Andrew & St Mary Church
  b: 1762 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 3rd Aug 1762 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: Jan 1813 Newick, Sussex
bur: 7th Jan 1813 St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex
 b: 1764 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 4th Mar 1764 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: Dec 1767 Fletching, Sussex
bur: 15th Dec 1767 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
 b: 1765 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 27th Oct 1765 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1767 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 2nd Aug 1767 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1769 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 2nd Apr 1769 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: Apr 1835 Fletching, Sussex
bur: 13th Apr 1835 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
 b: 1771 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 27th Mar 1771 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1772 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1772 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: Jul 1834 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 18th Jul 1834 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
   Phoebe                 
   b: 1760 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 31st Dec 1760 St Andrew & St Mary Church
                 
                       
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Samuel Groverm: 28th Sep 1793 St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, SussexAnn Chantler 
 b: 1772 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1772 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: Jul 1834 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 18th Jul 1834 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  b: 20th Sep 1772 Horley, Surrey
d: 31st Jan 1839 Piltdown, Sussex
bur: 4th Feb 1839 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
 
  
         
Daniel  Ann Sarah Chandler Stephen Edward Israel Johnathon David
b: 1794 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 23rd Mar 1794 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: 26th Apr 1880 St. John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent
  b: 1797 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 26th Feb 1797 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1799 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 10th Feb 1799 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1801 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 29th Mar 1801 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1803 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 10th Apr 1803 St Andrew & St Mary Church
 b: 1805 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 12th May 1805 St Bartholomew Parish Church
 b: 1807 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 13th Dec 1807 St Bartholomew Parish Church
 b: 1811 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 21st Apr 1811 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: Jul 1861 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 18th Jul 1861 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
   Samuel           
   b: 1796 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 15th May 1796 St Andrew & St Mary Church
d: c Nov 1872 Brighton, Sussex
           
                   
Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
1st marriageDaniel Groverm: 21st Nov 1813 Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, KentAnn Langridge 
 b: 1794 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 23rd Mar 1794 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: 26th Apr 1880 St. John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent
  b: 1785 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 3rd Jul 1785 St. Denys Church
d: 3rd Aug 1828 Bessel Baptist, Bessells Green, Kent
 
  
     
 James Sherlock Daniel Chantler Ann Osborne Samuel Carr Jane Langridge
 b: 1815 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c Nov 1904 Sevenoaks, Kent
 b: 1817 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: 14th Sep 1887 14 Camden Villas, Camden Rd, St. John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent
 b: 1821 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c Nov 1904 Sevenoaks, Kent
 b: c 1824 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c Feb 1893 Sevenoaks, Kent
 b: c 1827 Sevenoaks, Kent
         
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Daniel Chantler Groverm: 26th Dec 1845 St. Mary's Church, Marylebone, LondonCharlotte Winton 
 b: 1817 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: 14th Sep 1887 14 Camden Villas, Camden Rd, St. John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent
  b: c May 1828 Rolvenden, Kent
ch: 4th May 1828 St. Mary's Church
d: 25th Jan 1898 14 Camden Villas, Camden Rd, St. John’s Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent
 
  
           
Charlotte Ann  James Winton  Marian Drury  Alice Sophia Fanny Louisa Gertrude Agnes Constance Florence Harold Archibald (Harry) William Daniel Chantler
b: 19th Nov 1847 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: 29th Jun 1934 St. Leonard, Deal, Kent
  b: Apr to Jun 1851 Sevenoaks, Kent  b: Apr to Jun 1857 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: 20th May 1870 Sevenoaks, Kent
  b: Apr to Jun 1861 Sevenoaks, Kent b: 26th May 1863 Market Place, Sundridge, Kent
d: 4th Mar 1933 Chalk Hill, Bushey, Hertfordshire
 b: Jul to Sep 1865 Sevenoaks, Kent b: Oct to Dec 1868 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: After 1932
 b: 9th Nov 1870 Claremont House, London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c 1951
   Eliza Jane  Kate Arthur Edward               
   b: Jul to Sep 1849 Sevenoaks, Kent  b: Apr to Jun 1853 Sevenoaks, Kent b: Jul to Sep 1859 Sevenoaks, Kent
d: Nov 1929 Sydney, NSW, Australia
               
                         
Parental
record
   
   
   
1st marriageWilliam Daniel Chantler Groverm: c Aug 1896 St. George, Hanover Square, LondonMary Waller 
 b: 9th Nov 1870 Claremont House, London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c 1951
  b: c 1869 Pimlico, London
d: Before 1920
 
  
  
 William Chantler 
 b: c Nov 1906 St. George, Hanover Square, London 
 
Family
record
    
2nd marriageWilliam Daniel Chantler Groverm: Jan to Mar 1920 St. George, Hanover Square, LondonAlice McAllister 
 b: 9th Nov 1870 Claremont House, London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent
d: c 1951
  b: 22nd Dec 1901 512 Commercial Rd, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire
d: 1981 Clapham, London
 
  
  
 Alexander Winton (Alec) 
 b: 20th Oct 1921 London
d: Oct 1988 London
 
   

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